A Family with a Hereditary Form of Torsion Dystonia from Northern Sweden Treated with Bilateral Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation

• Main Authors: Blomstedt, P, Hariz, MI, Tisch, S, Holmberg, M, Bergenheim, TA, Forsgren, L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: WILEY-LISS 2009
• Subjects: dystonia; DBS; pallidal stimulation; PRIMARY GENERALIZED DYSTONIA; GLOBUS-PALLIDUS; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; MEIGE-SYNDROME; Marsden; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/92814/

To evaluate pallidal DBS in a non-DYT1 form of hereditary dystonia. We present the results of pallidal DBS in a family with non-DYT1 dystonia where DYT5 to 17 was excluded. The dystonia is following an autosomal dominant pattern. Ten members had definite dystonia and five had dystonia with minor sym...